OCD

• What does OCD stand for?

  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• What are the symptoms of OCD?

  Obsessions and compulsions.
• What are obsessions?


  Recurrent, intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses that cause distress and anxiety that significantly interfere with normal life making them difficult to ignore.
• What are examples of obsessive thoughts?

  Fear of contamination, fear of harming oneself or others, excessive concern with order or symmetry.
• What are compulsion?


  Natural response to fighting obsessive thoughts with purposeful mental or physical rituals or behaviours. Attempts to relieve anxiety. Relief only temporary and reinforces the obsession.
• What is the difference between overt and covert compulsions?


  Overt: observable actions; Covert: mental rituals.
• Give an example of a related compulsion.

  Worry: contamination. Behaviour: washing hands after touching anything.
• Give an example if an unrelated compulsion.

  Worry: fear of harming someone. Behaviour: arranging objects in a certain way.
• What is the diagnostic criteria for OCD in the DSM-5?

  Obsessions and/or compulsions present on most days for 2 successive weeks, time-consuming, cause distress or impairment, not due to substance or medical condition.
• What are some features of OCD?

  1.1-1.8% of the population. More common in those with history of sexual or physical abuse. Genetic element: 1st degree relative 2x as likely to have disorder. Age of onset: late teens/ early 20’s.